I will be deer hunting the first time this season with my teenage son... we have no idea what we are doing. We started last fall collecting equipment. We both got rifles and were able to sight them in and the rifles are accurate (we had a lot of fun trying to shoot good groups, were able to get sub-moa at 100 yards, that was fun!).
We will be hunting in a rugged mountain terrain for mule deer. Rugged ridgelines up to 7000' with steep canyons, in an area that is semi-arid almost like high desert but not quite, some high plateau areas... not really sure how/where/when to hunt for them... read some about "glassing" and "spot and stalk" but not sure what to do... read some about glassing in early morning/evenings when they come out of beds, and then looking for bedding areas during the heat of the day... don't know what makes sense...
Any help you can offer would be appreciated!
We will be hunting in a rugged mountain terrain for mule deer. Rugged ridgelines up to 7000' with steep canyons, in an area that is semi-arid almost like high desert but not quite, some high plateau areas... not really sure how/where/when to hunt for them... read some about "glassing" and "spot and stalk" but not sure what to do... read some about glassing in early morning/evenings when they come out of beds, and then looking for bedding areas during the heat of the day... don't know what makes sense...
Any help you can offer would be appreciated!